Trousers pocket



2 Sheets-Sheet 1 July 13, 1937. G. E. sERAK TROUSERS POCKET Filed Jan.11. 193e Gebr 6.5154611216 m 'IW July 13, 1937.

George Sarah Patented July 13, 1937 UNITED stares PATENT OFFICE Decker &Cohn, Inc.,

` tion of Illinois Chicago, Ill., a corpora- Application January 11,1936, Serial No. 58,609

Claims.

and arrangement whereby each side pocket is double, so to speak,comprising one pocket that is open, and comprising a secret pocket thatis normally closed, but which is accessible through one and the .samepocket opening inI the side of the trousers, and whereby a usual portionof an ordinary regular pocket is used to normally conceal the entranceto the secret pocket.

It is also an object to provide certain details and features ofconstruction tending to increase the general efficiency and thedesirability of trousers pockets of this particular character.

To the foregoing and other useful ends, the Ainvention consists inmatters hereinafter set forth and claimed and shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a front view, in perspective, of the upperportion of a pair of trousers with a side pocket involving theprinciples of the invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary side view of the pocket portion of thesaid trousers.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view showing the pocket opening spreadapart to permit the insertion of a hand.

, Fig. 4 is a similar view, showing the method of gaining entrance tothe secret pocket.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged horizontal section, more or less in perspective,on line 5 5 in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

Fig. 6 is a similar view on line 5 6 in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged vertical section on line 'l--l in Fig. 2 of thedrawings.

Fig. 8 is a perspective of the blank from which the secret pocket ismade.

Fig. 9 is a perspective of the blank from which the regular pocket ismade.

As thus illustrated, it will be Seen that the trousers shown have asuitable waist-band l, and have a side pocket opening 2 at keach side,just below the said waist-band. As shown more clearly in Figs. 3 and 4of the drawings, the cloth of the garment is turned in at the edge ofthe pocket, forming a strip 3 that extends downward from the waist-bandto a point below the pocket, in the usual manner, so that when thepocket is normally open or spread, it appears substantially as it doesin Fig. 3 of the drawings.

'Ihe sacklike. pocket 4, shown in Fig. 9 of the 5 drawings, may be madeof cotton or other cloth,

in the usual manner, and will have its edges 5 and 5 sewed together, butthe inner edge 5 has a portion 6 of the cloth cut and turned back andstitched at its edge to the body of the material of which the pocket ismade, and the folded edge 5 of this portion 6 is not stitched toanything. This forms the regular pocket.

The secret pocket-is formed by the blank 1, shown in Fig. 8 of thedrawings, which encloses the pocket formed from the blank Il, the twosacklike pockets being sewed together at 8, at their lower edges, asindicated in Fig. 7 of the drawings, and the edge 9, above the stitching3, being fastened to the garment by being stitched to the edge l0 of thepocket, as shown in Figs. l5 5 and 6 of the drawings. The edge Il of thesecret pocket is stitched to the inside of the garment at l2, as shownin Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings, and it will be understood that bothsacklike pockets thus formed have their upper edges fastened to thewaist-band portion of the garment.

Normally, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the strip of cloth 3,which is integral with the cloth of the garment, covers the folded edgei3 of the regular pocket, so that a hand slipped through the pocketopening will readily enter the regular pocket formed by the blank 4 inthe manner described. However, if it is desired to obtain access to thesecret pocket, the one formed by the blank "l, then theedge portion 3 ofthe cloth is pulled outwardly in the manner shown in Fig. 4 of thedrawings, thus exposing the; edge I3, so that the hand can then beslipped in between this edge and the inner wall of the secret pocket,which latter in eifect encloses the regular pocket.

Thus, two pockets are provided, one within the other, to provide asecret pocket (the outer one), which is inaccessible except in themanner shown 40 and described, and which is normally closed, and .whichnormally is not detectable to a person that is not aware of suchpresence of the pocket in the garment.

While the invention is shown in connection with straight vertical sidepockets, at the side seams of the garment, it will be understood thatthe invention is not limited to this particular style of pocket, andthat it may be used for any of the other forms of pockets involved inthe making of trousers, to the extent that the invention may be found tobe applicable thereto, and that the invention is not limited to theparticular style of pocket shown and described.

It will be seen that the inner wall of the regular 2f pocket forms theouter wall of the secret pocket, when the hand is thrust into theVsecret pocket,

as 'at such time the hand is between said walls. With theconstructionshown and described, it

Vwill be seen that the material of the regular pocket is fully enclosedby the material of the secret pocket, so that the interior of the latterextends along one side of the regular pocket, around the folded orcreased edge of the regular pocket, and then back toward the pocketopening along the outer side of the regular pocket, so that the secretpocket may contain articles at either or both sides of the regularpocket. Also, it will be seen thatthecloth of the garment, as at 3,extends into the pocket and is secured to one side of the secret pocket,and that the cloth of the garmentalso extends around and into thepocket, at the outer edge of the pocket opening, and is secured as shownin Figs. 5 and 6 to the outer side of the regular pocket. In this way,the normal appearance of the pocket opening is like that of an ordinarypocket, and there is nothing to arouse any suspicion that it is not justan ordinary pocket. But theportion 3, instead of being stitched as usualto the adjacent edge of the regular pocket, is stitched to the edge ofthe secret pocket, along the inner edge of the pocket opening at l2, andthus the portion 3 normally covers a loose or unattached edge of theregular pocket, instead of being stitched thereto as is usual in theordinary pocket construction. Thus it will be seen that the portion 3 ofthe-goods from which the garment is made, which is nor- Y mally in theposition shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, is in appearance like that ofthe ordinary regular pocket, as it extends through the pocket opening atthe inner side thereof, in the regular manner, and there is nothingabout it to arouse the suspicion that it serves as a closing ap for asecret pocket, for the pocket entrance, as shown in Fig. 3 and as shownin Fig. 5, has nothing unusual in appearance, and looks like theordinary pocket.

What I claim as my invention is:

l. In a trousers pocket construction, means forming a complete sack-likeregular pocket, but

Y Vwith one edge thereofrleft free adjacent the pocket opening at theside of the garment, and means forming a secret pocket 1beside saidregular pook'.- et, the garment havingmeans in appearance like that ofan ordinary pocket, normally overlying 'and concealing said free edge ofthe regular pocket, so that normally the pocket opening has the ordinaryappearance, but adapted to be pulled outward to expose said edge andpermit the hand to be inserted into the secret pocket, the said meansfor forming the secret pocket comprising side walls both fastened attheir edges to the opposite edges of the pocket opening, with the saidregular pocket comprising twoside walls disposed between the side wallsof the secret pocket.

f- 2. In a trousers pocket construction, means forming acompletesack-like regular pocket, but with one edge thereof left free adjacentthe pocket opening at the side of the garment, and means forming asecret pocket beside said yregular pocket, the garment having means inappearance like that of an ordinary pocket, normally overlying andconcealing said free edge of the regular pocket, so that normally thepocket opening hasthe ordinary appearance, but adapted to be pulledoutward to expose said edge and permit the hand to be inserted into thesecret pocket, each pocket comprising a blank formed of cloth foldedalong the middle thereof, with both edges of the secret pocket blanksecured to the opposite edge portions of the pocket opening, and withone edge of the regular pocket blank also secured to the outer edge ofthe pocket opening, together with stitching through the lower edges ofboth blanks, fastening the lower ends of the two blanks together betweenthe lower end of the pocket open'- ing and the lower end of the fold ofeach blank.

3. In a trousers pocket construction, means forming a.v completesack-like regular pocket, but with one edge thereof left free adjacentthe pocket opening at the side of the garment, and means forming asecret pocket beside said regular pocket, the garment having means inappearance like that of an ordinary pocket, normally overlying andconcealing said free edge of the regular pocket, so that normally thepocket opening has the ordinary appearance, but adapted to be pulledoutward to expose said edge and permit the hand to be inserted into thesecret pocket, the secret pocket having upper horizontal edges stitchedtogether and to the garment, and. having lower edges stitched togetherbetween the lower end of the pocket opening and the lower end of thepocket, and having two downwardly extending edges each stitched to oneofthe edges of the pocket opening.

4. In a trousers pocket construction, means forming a complete sack-likeregular pocket, but with one edge thereof left free adjacent the pocketopening at the side of the garment, and means forming a secret pocketbeside said regular pocket, the garment having means in appearance likethat of anordinary pocket, normally overlying and concealing said freeedge of the regular pocket, so that normally the pocket opening has theordinary appearance, but adapted to be pulled outward to expose saidedge and permit the hand to be inserted into the secret pocket, thesecret pocket having upper horizontal edges stitched together and to thegarment, and having lower edges stitched together between the lower endof the pocket opening and the lower end of the pocket, and having twodownwardly extending edges each stitched to one of the edges of thepocket opening, and said regular pocket being fully enclosed by thesecret pocket.

5. In a trousers pocket construction, means forming a complete sack-likeregular pocket, but with one edge thereof left free adjacent the pocketopening at the side of the garment, and means forming a secret pocketbeside said regular pocket, the garment having means in appearance likethat of an ordinary pocket, normally overlying and concealing said freeedge of the regular pocket, so that'normally the pocket opening has theordinary appearance, but adapted to be pulled outward to expose saidedge and permit the hand to Vbe inserted into the secret pocket, inwhich the cloth of the garment extends into the pocket and is secured toone side ofthe secret pocket, at one side of the pocket opening, and issecured to one side of the regular pocket at the other side of thepocket opening.

